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All Through the Ages

All Through the Ages

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All Through the Ages by Christine Miller (Nothing New Press) is a guide for teaching and learning history using narrative histories, compelling non-fiction, and literature rather than textbooks. Textbooks make history boring, but history is full of excitement, adventure, and heart-wrenching drama. Bring the “story” back into “history” by using this exhaustive guide to over 7000 of the best in quality historical narratives, historical fiction, literature, and “living books!” With nothing more than a library card, parents or educators can effectively teach their children both World and American history using this guide. It doesn’t matter whether the children are pre-readers or college-bound seniors; books of every reading level are included for every era, from picture books and beginning readers through the great books of Western Civilization.

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Table of Contents ♦ Introduction

Colonial Wars list ♦ China list

drop cap A | nothingnewpress.comAll Through the Ages is unique because of its comprehensiveness and organization. It is a compilation of listings of over 7000 quality historical narratives, historical fiction, “living books”, and worthy literature, briefly annotated, from these well-known and respected sources:

Answers in Genesis
Beautiful Feet Books
Best Historical Novels and Tales by Jonathan Nield
Bethlehem Books
Bluestocking Press
Books Children Love by Elizabeth Wilson
Conservative Book Club
Dover Publications
History of Nations by Henry Cabot Lodge
Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
Elijah Company Catalog (no longer in business)
Great Books of the Christian Tradition by Terry Glaspey
Great Books of Western Civilization
Greenleaf Press Catalog
Lamplighter Publishing
Landmark Books Series published by Random House
Let the Authors Speak by Carolyn Hatcher
Newbery & Newbery Honor Award Books
Nobel Laureates in Literature
Pulitzer Prize Award Books
Robinson Self-Teaching Curriculum
Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. Catalog
Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Veritas Press

The book is organized into two sections: a Chronological History section, and a Geographical History section. The Chronological History section covers both world and American history from Creation through the year 2000, divided into 25 distinct historical eras:

Overview of Western Civilization; Creation & the pre-Diluvian World
Ancient Near East; Ancient Egypt; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome
Overview of Church History; Dark Ages; Middle Ages
Renaissance; Reformation; Exploration; New World Colonization
Colonial Wars; Overview of American History; American Revolution
Framing the New Government; Westward Expansion; Civil War
Post Civil War 1800s: Reconstruction, Wild West, & Victorian Era
Immigration & Industrialization from the Victorian Era through the 1920s
20th Century Overview; Pre-World War II 1900s
World War I; World War II; the Modern Era

drop cap W | nothingnewpress.comWorld History is not abandoned with the rise of the American nation. A separate subsection titled World Events is included at the end of every American History section, beginning with New World Colonization through the Modern Era.The Geographical History portion of the guide covers World History by region rather than by time period. All seven of the continents are represented, as well as island groups such as Polynesia and Indonesia, in 27 sections. Many of the books from the Chronological History section are included, and others in addition deal with the culture and geography of that particular region.

However, it is its organization that makes All Through the Ages truly invaluable. Every division throughout the book, whether by time period such as Ancient Greece, or a World Events subsection, or a Geographical region such as Africa, is further subdivided into 4 reading levels:

1-3 for beginning readers in 1st through 3rd grades;
4-6 for fluent readers in 4th through 6th grades;
7-9 for maturing readers in 7th through 9th grades;
10-12 for college-bound readers in 10th through 12th grades.

Each reading level is further subdivided, for every booklist for every era, geographical region, or World Events sub-listing:

Overview of the era; narratives which can be used as a base for further studies;
Specific events; non-fiction about a single event or idea during an era;
Biography; including autobiographies and novelized biographies;
Historical fiction; with historical events or persons figuring in the story noted;
Literature; mythology, legend, epic poetry, by authors of the time;
Culture; way of life, society, art, cooking, diaries, letters, journals.

No matter where a family is in their World and American History studies, no matter what varying grade levels are represented in that family, All Through the Ages lists the good “living books” and great literature to choose from, from picture books and beginning readers all the way through the Great Books of Western Civilization.

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All Through the Ages is a soft-bound 8-1/2 x 11 inch book of 360 pages. The All Through the Ages eBook is in pdf format and may be printed for personal use from your computer. The Introduction explains the layout of the book and gives some help in using real books to teach history. It is 12 pages in length. The Chronological history booklists take up the next 170 pages (view the Colonial Wars list from the Chronological history section).The Geographical history booklists take up the next 105 pages (view the China list from the Geographical history section).

Additional specialized booklists take up the next 25 pages.

The Bibliography and Index take up the remaining 45 pages.

Customer Comments

Excerpts from the e-mail and notes we have received about All Through the Ages:

“The revised All Through the Ages is surprisingly so much better than before. How could something so good get better? And yet it did!”

-Jan Bloom, author, Who Should We Then Read?

“I have All Through the Ages and really like it. I especially love the timeline as there are so many differing timelines online. It’s nice to have it in one convenient spot. I also have loved her book recommendations.”

-Erin L.

“As a new member to a Christian classical education loop, I brought up your book to the other ladies to ask whether they had heard of All Through the Ages and could recommend it. The overwhelming (100%) response was, ‘We couldn’t homeschool without it!’”

-Ann S., North Carolina

“Oh my goodness, I love Christine Miller’s books. We have All through the Ages, and The Story of the Ancient World. I love that we can use them and our Bibles side by side.”

– Katie M.

“This past spring I was pouring through the catalogs just so I could create my own booklist for history for next year. When I saw that you had already done this in your book, I was ecstatic! Thank you for such a wonderful resource!”

– Hilda R., Washington

“The All Through the Ages book list and synopses is the best kept homeschooling secret resource out there!”

– Amy H.

“We have been studying history chronologically in our homeschool for the past four years. That means that I have spent every summer pouring over homeschool catalogs, trying to pull together reading lists for history. Now I don’t have to because you have done it all, plus some! I NEVER buy books new, at full price, but I decided to treat myself to the latest edition of your book, and I am very pleased and impressed!”

– J. C., Texas

“I just received my copy of All through the Ages and wow, am I impressed! What an amazing list of books you’ve put at our fingertips! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You’ve certainly made my life easier. You’ve listed everything by era and by grade … it’s so easy to see what books might interest us!”

– Celia H., Ohio

“I don’t think I’ve ever used one book so many times a week! I wasn’t familiar with all the English and American classics and good, living books. You have made my life so much easier and I have enjoyed every single book, which I got from your well-organized book lists, tremendously so far.”

– Elmarie H., California

“I am generally not a person who feels that owning many resource books is a necessity. All Through the Ages, however, is one that is worthwhile in every sense of the word for the comprehensive coverage it provides to families searching for excellence along their journey through time.”

Kate Kessler, Lead Product Reviewer, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
read Kate’s detailed review of All Through the Ages here.

“I consider this to be one of my most treasured homeschool resources, which is used on an almost weekly basis!”

– Cindy Prechtel, Homeschooling from the Heart

“For a living books approach, All Through the Ages is a must have!”

– Martha Robinson, read her detailed review for HomeschoolChristian.com

“I love learning history but I could never understand it because I was never taught it chronologically. All the events would get jumbled up in my head. Christine Miller starts it out from the beginning of Creation and lays a wonderful solid foundation and builds up from there according to the Bible. Never have I ever had so much fun learning history until now.”

– Renee H.

I received my All Through The Ages book today and I just had to e-mail to let you know how thrilled I am!

– Shannon B., South Carolina

“I am one persnickity home-educating mom. I spend lots of time developing materials for my own family and locating excellent books for us to read. Rarely satisfied with pre-packaged curricula, it takes a lot for me to buy someone else’s materials–and then I am often sorry I did. “NOT so in this case. I bought a copy of your guide, and find it to be excellent, very helpful and well worth the money. Thank you so much for all your hard work. We will benefit from this investment for many years to come.”

– D. Smith, Tennessee

“This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’ve tried to uncover some of these treasures by studying book lists but they are not organized in the way I need.”

– W. Brantl, Kansas

“I got your All Through the Ages – thanks for doing the project. I was just beginning to compile a list and saw your book – what a wonderful resource!!!”

– Shirley M., Florida

“I am so excited about this book! As a homeschooling mom following the Charlotte Mason/ Classical Education method, I spend most of my time investing in books worth reading. I used to spend loads of time going from one catalog to another, checking out history books from the library, reading them to find out where they fit chronologically and whether my 8 year old can read them, and usually putting them on a list for future use. Now I can just look it up in All Through the Ages and know whether I can use it or not! Finally a resource that I will use for many years that will save me time and money.”

– Mrs. Leola Stellwagen of Leola’s Good Books

“You’ve done a tremendous job with your book All Through the Ages and your other resources. You’re rapidly becoming one of my best resources when people write saying ‘I need practical help.’ I’m very grateful for all the work you’ve done. You’ve made my job–being an upper-level classical tutor–that much easier.”

– Mr. Wes Callihan of Schola Classical Tutorials

“I really love this book!”

– Carol W., South Carolina

“I am the administrator of a young Classical Christian School and have the responsibility of choosing curriculum and searching out the best prices for literature books. Your guide will be a great help!”

– Mrs. C. Headley, Iowa

“I was so excited to get the box today from you and even more impressed when I looked through the All Through the Ages notebook. This is going to be some of the best money I ever spend on homeschool materials….you’ve done all the legwork for me and I’m most grateful!”

– Kris P., Tennessee

“Your book is truly an answer to prayer. Thank you so much for putting this together.”

– Mrs. I. Cater, Florida